INVESTIGATION OF HOT-CARRIER RELAXATION IN QUANTUM-WELL AND BULK GAAS AT HIGH CARRIER DENSITIES

被引:9
作者
PELOUCH, WS [1 ]
ELLINGSON, RJ [1 ]
POWERS, PE [1 ]
TANG, CL [1 ]
SZMYD, DM [1 ]
NOZIK, AJ [1 ]
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[1] SOLAR ENERGY RES INST,GOLDEN,CO 80401
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10.1088/0268-1242/7/3B/086
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An investigation of the hot carrier relaxation in GaAs/(AlGa)As quantum wells and bulk GaAs in the high carrier density limit is presented. Using a time-resolved luminescence up-conversion technique with less-than-or-equal-to 80 fs temporal resolution, carrier temperatures are measured in the 100 fs to 2 ns range. Our results show that hot carrier cooling in quantum wells becomes significantly slower than in the bulk for carrier densities greater than 2 x 10(18) cm-3.
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